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Response. The Jharkhand Police confirmed the incident. According to the police superintendent of Dumka, Pitamber Singh Kherwar, the medical tests confirmed the rape. [3] On 2 March 2024, according to the police, three of the men involved were arrested while the search for the remaining four was ongoing. On 4 March 2024, the police arrested five ...
The coal allocation scam, dubbed in the media as Coalgate, is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector enterprise (PSEs) and private companies. In a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of ...
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1114 of which 840 judges are permanent and remaining 274 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 20 May 2024, 340 of the seats, about 30% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high court ...
The term creamy layer was first coined by Justice Krishna Iyer in 1975 in the State of Kerala vs NM Thomas case, wherein he observed that "the danger of 'reservation', it seems to me, is three-fold. Its benefits, by and large, are snatched away by the top creamy layer of the 'backward' caste or class, thus keeping the weakest among the weak ...
Bania (also spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania and Vanya) [1] is a mercantile caste mainly from the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, with strong diasporic communities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra (mainly Mumbai) and other northern states. [2] [3] [4] Traditionally, the main occupations of the ...
West Bengal ( / bɛnˈɡɔːl /, Bengali: Poshchim Bongo, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃim ˈbɔŋɡo] ⓘ, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km 2 (34,267 sq mi) as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is ...
Gupta (/ ˈ ɡ uː p t ə /) is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ goptṛ , which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. [1] According to historian R. C. Majumdar , the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.
LGBT rights. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) rights in India have expanded in the 21st century, though much of India's advancements on LGBT rights have come from the judiciary and not the legislature. Indian LGBT citizens still face social and legal difficulties not experienced by non-LGBT people.